Filing cabinet



Dec. 23, 1930, J, HART 1,786,112

` FILINQGABINET Filed Sept. 4, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet l Inventar ttormgyDec.. 23, 1930. L. J. HART 1,786,112

FILING CABINET Filed Sept. 4, 1928 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor lhJHar,

tornqy Dec. 23, 1930. 1 J, HART 1,786,112

FILING CABINET Filed Sept. 4, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Dec. 23,1930 UNITED STATES PATENT .o1-"FICE LESLIE J'. HART, 0F VALDOSTA,GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR 0F lONE-IE'OURTI-I T0 CLAUDIA JOHNSON, F VALDOSTA,GEORGIA FILING CABINET Application led September 4, 192,8.` Serial No.303,838.

This present invention relates to a yfiling cabinet and has for itsprime object to provide a structure which may be used either for billsor checks and is provided with pockets to hold bills or checks duringbusiness hours or the days run of business, in the top section and withone drawer for each pocket in the lower section which opensautomatically when the button of the pocket is tilted to raise 1o thebills or checks on edge, so that they may be easily lifted out of thepocket'and then filed in their respective places in the drawer till.

A still further very important object of the invention resides in theprovision of a cabinet of this nature which is exceedingly convenient inuse, easy to manipulate, strong and du` rable, compact in itsarrangement of parts, and thoroughly efficient and reliable in op#eration.

With the above and numerous other objects in view, as will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features ofconstruction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a cabinet embodying thefeatures of my invention. Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof. Figure 3is a vertical section taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary top plan view with the pocket structureremoved.

Figure 5 is a horizontal fragmentary section taken substantially on theline 5-5 of Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a vertical section taken sub-V stantially on the line 6-6 ofFigure 4.

Figure 7 is a transverse section through one of the drawers.

Figure 8 is a detail view, showing one of the pulleys, and

Figure 9 is a detail section through the upper edge of one of thedrawers showing the anti-friction roller therein.

Referring to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that the cabinetincludes a lower section A, and an upper section B. The lowersectionA'has a plurality of drawers 5, sldv able therein, between rails6on partitions 7.

The upper edges of the sides of the drawers have anti-frictionrollers `8mounted therein, as is clearly illustrated inFigure 9 to bear againstthe' upper, rails. springs 10 are engaged to the rear of the bo ttomsofthe drawers as at 11 and trained over pulleysV 12 and then anchored asat 13, and normally urgeV the drawers to open positions.

r1 he section B includes a plurality of pockets 14,"one corresponding toeach drawer 5. Each pocket is provided with a hinged bottom section 15.A bell crank-16 is `pivotally mounted adjacent each hinged bottom sec.

tion 15 and is rockable by a rod 17 slidable through the front of thesection B, having a suitable knob 18 at the front thereof which may bepulled, to cause the rocking of the bell crank lever to swing the hingedsections 15 upwardly and` place 4any bills that may be in the pocketon'edge. On the rear end of each drawer 5 Vthere is a bracket 19, withwhich a catch 20 engages. This catch20is pivotally mounted, as at 21, ona suitable supporting structure 22, in the rear of the section A. A bellcrank lever 23 is pivoted in this supporting structure, andV has a linkconnection 24 with the catch and a link connection 25 with the bellcrank16, so that when the rod 17 is pulled to rock the bell crank 16, thecorresponding link 25 is pulled to rock the corresponding bell crank 23,and to pull the corresponding link 24 and release the correspondingcatch 20, thereby allowing the corresponding drawer 5 to open because ofthe spring structure 10 associated therewith.

. In each drawer Vthere is a trayor till 29l with a follower structureBOtherein.

From the above detailed description it. will be seen that I have deviseda cabinet, which may be usedv either forbills or checks and is providedwith'the pockets 14 to Vhold thebills or checks during businesshours,fin the top section B; As stated, there is one drawer for eachpocket in the lower section. The drawers open automatically when thebutton or knob of the corresponding pockets are actuated, to raise thebills or checks on edge. Each button or knob operates one pocket andopens its respective drawer, making it im- Elongated coil possible toopen the wrong drawer. The buttons are preferably marked a, b, c, etc.,and the drawers are correspondingly marked a', c', etc. In the presentembodiment of the invention there are thirty pockets and thirty drawers,making one pocket and one drawer for each letter in the alphabet andfour eX- tras for miscellaneous.

It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantagesof this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in thisart, without a more detailed description thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention has been disclosed in detail,merely for the purposes of exempliiication, since in actual practice itattains the features of advantage, enumerated as desirable in thestatement of the invention and the above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction and inthe combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, withoutdeparting from the spirit or scope ot the invention as hereinafterclaimed or sacriiicing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

l. A filing cabinet of the class described including a pair of sections,pockets in one section, drawers slidable in the other section, means forplacing cards or the like on end in the pocket, and means for actuatingthe last mentioned means and simultaneously opening the drawers.

2. A filing cabinet of the class described including a pair of sections,one of said sections being provided with pockets having tiltable bottomsections, drawers slidable in the other section, means for normallyurging the drawers to an open position, catch means for holding thedrawers in a closed position, and means associated with each pocket anda corresponding drawer for tilting the bottom sections thereof andreleasing the catch thereof, respectively.

3. A cabinet of the class described including a pair of sections, one ofsaid sections being provided with a pocket having a tiltable bottom, abell crank mounted in said one section and adjacent the tiltable bottom,a drawer in the other section, spring means urging the drawer to an openposition, catch means to hold the drawer in a closed position, a bellvcrank, a link connecting the last mentioned bell crank with the catchmeans, a link connecting the two bell crankmeans together, and means foractuating the first bell crank.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

LESLIE J. HART.

